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W. GOODLIPPE.

BEDSTEAD Patented Nov. 7, 1893.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WALTER GOODLIFFE, OF CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND.

BEDSTEAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 508,382, dated November7, 1893.

Application filed March 30, 1893. Serial No. 468,380. (No model.)Patented in England October 14, 1891, No. 17,537.

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WALTER GOODLIFFE, M. A., a subject of the Queen ofGreat Britain, residing at Cambridge, England, have invented new anduseful Improvements in Bedsteads, (for which I have obtained a patent inGreat Britain, No. 17,537, dated October 14, 1891,) of which thefollowing is aspecification.

My invention relates to bedsteads and has for its object to constructthe framing forming the head of a bedstead so that a portion of it canbe placed at an angle to form a bedrest.

In carrying out the invention I construct the framing forming the headof the bedstead in two parts, viz., an outer frame consisting of theusual bed posts or pillars connected together by cross rails and to theframing supporting the mattress in' the usual manner, and an inner framewhich, when in use as a bed rest, rests at the lower end upon themattress or the like while the upper end is provided with projections orpivots adapted to engage with notches in grooves in the pillars of theouter frame so as to be supported at an angle, or the projections orpivots on the inner frame may be connected to rings sliding upon thepillars of the outer frame by means of sockets which may with advantagebe screwthreaded to engage with corresponding screwthreads on the saidprojections on the inner frame. The said inner frame is provided withprojections at its lower end which proj ections when the frame is notrequired for use as a bed-rest are adapted to engage with the grooves inthe pillars through the medium of notches.

To enable my invention to be fully understood I will describe how it canbe carried into practice by reference to the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a metal bedstead provided withmy improvements. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation, the section beingtaken on the line 2, 2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a front view of one of thepillars of the bedstead and parts in connection therewith, and Fig. 4 isan elevation illustrating the modification of my invention.

Similar reference letters indicate similar or corresponding parts in theseveral figures of the drawings.

a, a are the pillars and b, b, b the cross rails forming the outer frameof the head of the bedstead.

c is the inner frame, and d, d are the projections or pivots at itsupper end which may engage with and slide in the grooves e, e in thepillars a, a and be held in any required position therein by means ofthe notches g, g as shown in Figs. 1 and 2; or the said projections orpivots may be connected to rings h, h (Fig. 4) sliding upon the pillarsa, a, the said rings being provided with sockets c', i (advantageouslyscrew-threaded) to receive the said projections.

j, j are the projections at the lower end of the frame a, whichprojections engage with the grooves e, 6 when the said frame is notrequired for use as a bed-rest and is, k are the notches in the pillarsthrough which the projections j, j can pass when required.

To use the frame 0 as a bed rest the pillows are first removed from themattress or the like and the lower end of the said frame is disengagedfrom the grooves e, e and supported on the said mattress, the upper endof the frame when constructed as in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 being adjusted inposition by engaging the pivots cl, d with any of the notches g, g orwhen constructed as in Fig. 4, by sliding the rings h, it upon thepillars a, a, according to the angle which it is required the frame 0 toassume as clearly indicated in Fig. 1.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my saidinvention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare thatwhat I claim is 1. In combination with a bedstead, a bed frame havingits upper edge pivoted between the head posts and vertically adjustablebetween said posts, and having an unconnected and freely swinging loweredge adapted to be supported by the mattress of the bed.

2. In a bedstead, the head posts connected together to form an outerframe, a freely swinging inner frame having projections from its uppercorners pivotally supported between the head posts and adjustablevertically thereof, and projections from the lower corners of the innerframe adapted to enter cor- I a freely swinging inner frame having pro-IO responding inclined slots in the lower porjectionsfrom theuppercorners siidingin said tions'of the posts when the inner frame isgrooves and engaging the notches, substanfolded to retain the innerframe in the same tiaily as described.

5 plane with the outer, substantially as de- WALTER GOODLIFFE.

scribed. Witnesses:

3. In a bedstead, the head posts connected ELIZABETH DE LISLE, togetherto form an outer frame, said posts ROSA WHITMORE,

havingvertical grooves provided with notches, Both of 4 SalisburyVillas, Cambridge.

